A Marine sergeant singled out by President Bush for throwing his body on a grenade to save his comrades in Iraq will receive the Navy Cross rather than the nation’s highest military award, military officials said.

The family of Sgt. Rafael Peralta, 25, who was posthumously nominated for the Medal of Honor, told reporters they were disappointed he would not receive it.

“I don’t understand why, if the president has been talking about him,” said his mother, Rosa. She said she was informed by Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Natonski that a committee could not agree on awarding the Medal of Honor to her son, who Marine Corps officials say was first wounded by friendly fire.

The Navy Cross is the second-highest honor for combat heroism a Marine can receive.

The Navy’s public affairs office did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

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